Richard Katz

former California High-Speed Rail Authority board member

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Former California State Assemblyman (1980-1996) as Democratic Minority Leader and Chair of the Transportation Committee; consultant and board member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority; former California High-Speed Rail Authority board member

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The California High-Speed Rail Authority still promises a bullet train that will take a little more than two and a half hours to run between L.A. and San Francisco.

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The California High-Speed Rail Authority still promises a bullet train that will take a little more than two and a half hours to run between L.A. and San Francisco.

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In the aftermath of the crash with a freight train that killed 25 people in Chatsworth, today's Los Angeles Times reports that the company employing the Metrolink driver has had…

Metrolink to Address Safety along the Tracks

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New York's Mayor Bloomberg wanted to institute what's called "congestion pricing," but the state legislature turned him down cold.

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New York's Mayor Bloomberg wanted to institute what's called "congestion pricing," but the state legislature turned him down cold.

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